Artistic style that emphasizes imagination, freedom, and emotion.
Reaction to the neoclassical writers of the the Enlightenment, that turned to classical Greek and Roman literature and ideals such as offer, harmony, reason and emotional restraint that were all stressed.
Works of romantic writers
simple
direct language
intense feelings
glorification of nature
Realism:
Took hold in the West
Attempt to represent the world as it was, without the sentiment associated with Romanticism.
Realism artists often focused their works on:
harsh side of life
cities
villages
Impressionists:
What's impressionism? Seeking to capture the first fleeting impression made by a scene or object on the viewers eye.
Took root in Paris, also known as the capital of the Western Art World.
Impressionists:
Claude Monet <---- Both of these men brushed strokes
Edgar Degas <---- of color side by side without any blending.
Postimpressionists:
Also called later painters
Postimpressionists:
Georges Seurat <--- arranged dots of color to define shapes of objects
Vincent can Gogh <--- experimented with sharp brush lines and bright colors
Arts in the Industrial Age
Romanticism:
offer, harmony, reason and emotional restraint that were all stressed.
Realism:
Impressionists:
What's impressionism? Seeking to capture the first fleeting impression made by a scene or object on the viewers eye.
Postimpressionists: